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This Year — recapping the best podcasts.: #55: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (2011)

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#55: Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me! (2011)

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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week
listeners test their knowledge against some of the best and brightest comedians
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Wait Wait... Don't
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Witness

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Sampler

2011; 201 2; 2013

Row A (Left to right): Roy Blount, Jr., Alonzo Bodden, Tom Bodett, Luke Burbank

Row B: Korva Coleman, Mazjobrani, Jesse Klein, Kyrie O'Connor

Row C: Charlie Pierce, Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts, PJ O'Rourke

Row D: Faith Salie

Not pictured: Peter Gross

Special guests

Row A (Left to right): Jason Bateman, Rosanne Cash, Bill Clinton, Tavi Gevinson
Row B: Garyjohnson, John Leguizamo, David Simon, Tony Siragusa

Tags: 2011, Carl Kasell, Comedy, NPR, Peter Sagal, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, WBEZ

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